Items Tagged with 'Operations'

Cable protection is critical for facility managers and manufacturers. It ensures the safety and reliability of electrical and data systems. 

While many factors have contributed to supply chain hurdles and economic woes, there are clear measures organizations can take to ensure progress toward more sustainable operations. 

Improvement initiatives in safety face challenges due to structural issues in the administration of operations, management and practices.

While commonly associated with planned shutdowns and turnarounds, SU/SD operations also encompass routine operational cycles and processes that occur independently of these events. These SU/SD operations produce various risks that need to be carefully managed to ensure the safety, reliability, and efficiency of industrial facilities. 

The traditional approaches to managing human performance may not be effective. Here’s a new approach to performance evaluation.

Traditionally, performance has been managed by setting goals for employees to achieve or accomplish. Here’s a new perspective.

Why are workers getting hurt in spite of safety standards, programs, policies, procedures, training, and possibly everyone’s best efforts?

To improve their safety, outcomes some organizations advocate "everyone is responsible for safety." The thinking behind this is that it will create a universal mindset in their workforce to actively engage everyone. The fundamental problem with this thinking is that it is not practical to hold a group accountable for individual behavior. 

As technology improves and changes, it is crucial to make sure procedures and practices are up-to-date, modern and match up with required safety standards.